18:2 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, took Moses’ wife Zipporah after he had sent her back, 18:3 and her two sons, one of whom was named Gershom (for Moses ¹  had said, “I have been a foreigner in a foreign land”), 18:4 and the other Eliezer (for Moses had said, ²  “The God of my father has been my help ³  and delivered ⁴  me from the sword of Pharaoh”).

18:5 Jethro, Moses’ father-in-law, together with Moses’ ⁵  sons and his wife, came to Moses in the desert where he was camping by ⁶  the mountain of God. ⁷  18:6 He said ⁸  to Moses, “I, your father-in-law Jethro, am coming to you, along with your wife and her two sons with her.”